Reinforcing and sealing device



J. JANUCHOWSKY. REINFORCING AND SEALING DEVICE. I APPLICATION FILED FEB. I2. 1921.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

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@/2/1? Jzz I ,5gg/MM JOHN JANUCHOWSKY, OF WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI.

VIRLEHII'FORCNG AND SEALING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 25, 31921.

Application -led February 12, 1921. Serial No. 444,333.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN JANUcHowsirY,

a citirlen of the United States of America, and a resident of Webster Groves, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented. certain new and useful I mprovenients in a Reinforcing and vSealing Device for Boxes and theV like, of which the following is a specification.

The primaryobj ect of this invention is to provide an limproved 'metallic sealing device for cardboard boxes for inc'losing-the meetying seams' of the folding portions of the boxes.

Another object o f the 'invention is to `provide an arrangement ofmetallic 4straps forming part of the construction of la box which is made of cardboard, or of like -material, and in whichwhen the box isV closed after packing, the tying orV meeting ends are secured to one another and sealed.

A further object of the invention is to providea plurality of metallic straps toa cardboard box for coveringthe meeting edges of the'foldable flaps of the box, and securing said straps together in such a manner whereb-y the heretofore gluing of the foldable flaps for sealing the box ready for Vshipment improvement.

Referring :to the laccompanying drawings, v

tallic straps used is eliminated. Y

Other and further objects Vwill appear in the specification and be specically pointy ed outJ in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings exemplifying the invention, and in which,

Figure 1 isa perspective vview of the box showing this improved reinforcing and sealing device `appli-ed thereto.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section taken approximately on the line 11'-11 of Fig, 1, aV pair of opposing foldable flaps of the box being shown in opened positions.

Fig. 3'is a fragmentaryY transverse'se'ction taken on the line 7111-111' `ofFig. 1.

'Fig 4 is .anenla-rged fragmentary perspective view of one of a `pair of securing ends of oneof the sealing andv reinforcing straps. l

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a'securingend of another metallic strap.

Fig. 6 isan inverted fragmentary view of in connection with .this

and especially Figs. 1 and 2, a box 1 is shown-which is 'constructed of corrugated end walls 3 and bottom wall 4, the end walls 3 each bearing the usual foldable flaps 5 while the side walls '2 have the usual closure flaps 6 extended therefrom.`

Boxes of this character, after being filled and. prepared for shipment, and upon closing the flaps 5 and 6, are sealed by said iaps 6 being glued to the flaps 5 and the meeting edges 7 of the flaps 6 being sealed by gluing a paper or canvas strip thereto g' it has been found, however, that such sealing of the flaps 5 and 6 can be broken open and articles removed from the box and the'flaps resealed. and when the box or package has reached its Vcardboard and having the usual side walls 2,

destination, the outside appearance thereof-V flaps by the receiver -thereof destroys the iesealing evidence.

The main theme of this invention is therefore to provide an accessory to a box or container of the above character wherein the sealing of the flaps thereof' can be eliminated, and in which means are provided `whereby any tampering of the container by an unauthorized person Ycan be readily detected previous to the opening of the container.v

ln this connection, a pair of metallic straps 8 and 9 are provided, said straps being secured to each other intermediate of their ends by the interlacing as designated at 10 Fig. 6, the strap S being extended across the bottom'4 of the box, having a pair of portions 11, each of said portions being engaged against and secured to the outside of a respective side wall 2 ofthe box by the stamped out portions 12, which are engaged and crimped to each side wall, `the extended ends 13 of each of the portions 11 each being provided with a stamped out tongue portion 14 having an opening 15,'said portion 13 being adapted to extend over a respective closure flap 6, the extremity 16 thereof being undercrimped against each of the flaps. f

The strap, 9 after being extended longitudinally across the bottom 4, is provided with a pair of -upwardly extended portions 17 each being provided with a stamped out portion 18 for engagement with each of the end walls 3, the ends 19 of the said strap 9 adapted to be extended horizontally and longitudinally over the meeting edges 7 of the closure flaps 6, the extremities 2O of each of the said portions 19 bearing a pair of slots 21.

These straps 8 and 9 are made from relatively thin material, and when secured to a cardboard box form a part thereof and after the box has been lled with articles to be shipped, the end iiaps 5 are folded ydownwardly as shown in F ig. 2, then the closure flaps 6 are folded down over the end flaps 5 leaving the tongues 14 of the portions 13- of the strap 8 adjacent and in alinement with each pair of openings formed in the portions 19 said portions 19 being pressed downwardly in succession wherein the pair of tongues 14 will enter within eachk respective pair of slots 21 of the portions 19 and when said portions 19 are held in their coperable positions relative to the tongues,Y

14 a sealing wire 22 is engaged and passed through the openings 15 of said tongues, the looping of said wire being Vcompleted and held in engagement with said tongues by the seal 23.

The securing arrangement of the metallic straps 8 and 9 to a cardboard box not only provides a seal thereto as just described, but Y also provides a reinforcement to the walls of the box against bulging pressure of the contents of the box.

What I claim and desire to secure by U. S.

Y Letters Patent is:

1. A device for covering and providing 'a seal to the adjacent meeting edges of the foldable closure flapsof a cardboard box, comprising a pair of metallic straps adapted to be bound around the box over the respective ends and sides thereof, one of said straps being of a length wherein the endsV thereof will meet and overlap, said other strap at each of its ends having a portion under engaging a respective foldable flap, means provided for securing said strap'ends to Veach other comprising a tongue formed on each end of one of said straps, each end of: said other strap bearing a pair of slots for the receptionV of said tongues, and a securing element engaging said tongues for preventing their being disengaged from theA slots of said other strap ends.

2. A device for covering and providing a seal to the adjacent meeting edges of the foldable closure flaps of a cardboard box, comprising a pair of metallic straps adapted to be bound around the box over the respective ends and sides thereof each having a,

stamped out portion for securing it to said box, one of said straps being of a length 4 wherein the ends thereof will meet and overlap, said other strap at each of its ends seal to the adjacent meeting edgesl of the foldable closure flaps of a cardboard box, comprising a pair of metallic strapsyadapted to be bound around thebox over the respective ends land sidesthereof. each having a stamped out portion which is crimpedinto engagement with a respective vertical wall of said box,'one of said straps being of a length wherein rthe ends thereof'will meet and overlap, said other strap at each of its ends having a-portionunder engaging a respective foldable flap, means provided for securing said strap ends to each other comprising av tongue formed on each end of one of said straps, each end of said other strap bearing'a pair of slots for the reception of said tongues, and a securing element engaging said tongues for preventing their being disengaged from the slots of said other strap En. Si i V tongue carried by each of said closure flaps each adapted to enter alining slots of said strap ends when said ends are overlapped, and securing-` means for engagement with said tongues for preventing-said strap ends being separated. V

5. A device for covering and providing a seal to the foldable closure flaps of acardboard box, comprising a pair of metallic straps adapted to be bound around the box over the respective ends and sides thereof, one of said straps being of a length wherein the ends thereof will meet and overlap, the other said strap-at each end having a portion under engaging a meeting edge of a respective foldable flap, and there being means provided for securing said strap ends to each other. d Y 6. A device for covering and providing a 4. Thefcombination of a receptacle havingv seal` to the foldable closure flaps Vof a cardboard box, comprising a pair Vof metallic straps adapted to be bound around the box over the `respective ends and sides thereof, one of saidstraps being of a length wherein the ends thereofwill meet and overlap, there being means provided for securing said strap ends to each other comprising a Vtongue formed on each end of one of said straps, each end of said. other strap having a pair of slots for the reception of said tongues, and a securing element engaging said tongues for preventing them being disengaged from the slots of said other strap ends.

7. The combination of a receptacle having a pair of foldable closure flaps, a strap portion extended upwardly from opposing walls of the receptacle, there being means carried by each of said closure flaps for interengagement with each of said strap portions, and a securing element for cooperation with said interengaging portions for preventing said strap ortions from becoming separated.

8. 'Iphe combination of'a receptacle having a pair of closure flaps, a Strap adapted to be bound around said receptacle wherein the Y ends thereof each bearing a pair of slots will overlap one anotherand the meeting edges of said closure flaps, lengthwise thereof, and there being a tongue carried by each of said closure flaps each adapted to enter alining slots of said strap ends when said ends are overlapped, and securing means for engagement with said tongues.

9. The combination of a receptacle having a pair of oldable closure flaps, and means for holding said flaps in closed positions comprising a metallic strap portion borne by each of said flaps, each of said strap portions bearing a tongue, strap extensions arranged at right angles to said strap portions each being secured to the end walls of the receptacle, each of said strap extensions being provided with a pair of adjacent slots, said strap extensions when engaged overlappingly lengthwise of the meeting edges of said iaps adapted to have the slots borne thereby engage respective tongues of said strap portions, and a securing member engaging said tongues for preventing their being disenga ed from said slots.

OHN JANUCHOWSKY. 

